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Destinations

Meagan — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 07:26:15 +0000

So far we’ve been to at least 29 countries. It’s been a while since I’ve tried to figure out how many. This list is not up to date. To see a full list of places I have written about using the category drop-down tool or you can use the search box.

Australia

Bahamas

Belize

Canada

Quebec

Costa Rica

Alabama

Gulf Shores

Arizona

California

Colorado

Denver
Vail

Florida

Georgia

Atlanta

Hawaii

Kauai

Princeville

Oahu

Idaho

Illinois

Chicago

Kentucky

Bowling Green

Louisiana

New Orleans

Massachusetts

Boston
Martha’s Vineyard

Missouri

Montana

Nevada

Las Vegas

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Cincinnati

Oklahoma

Tulsa

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

Puerto Rico

South Carolina

South Dakota

Rapid City

Rhode Island

Newport

Tennesee

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Washington, D.C.

Washington

Wisconsin

Lake Geneva

Wyoming

Yellowstone

Belize

Cambodia

Caribbean

Denmark

Copenhagen

Dominican Republic

Punta Cana

England

London

Fiji

Menton
Paris

Guyana

Honduras

India

Dublin

Jamaica

Japan

Tokyo

Kuwait

Malaysia

Langkawi Island

Nevis

New Zealand

Panama

Prague

Scotland

Singapore

South Africa

Cape Town

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Turks and Caicos

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City

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About

Meagan — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 06:00:04 +0000

Hey y’all! Welcome to Mommy Travels® a travel and lifestyle blog covering destinations around the world. Here you will find travel tips, reviews of hotels and restaurants, activity suggestions, itineraries, and more.

Whether you are on a tight budget and need to stay close to home, or able to have a luxury European vacation, Mommy Travels® will help you plan the ultimate family vacation.

Meet Meagan

I am a busy single mom to Noah 22, Eden 20, and Jonah 16.

On any given day you can find me living the mom life of packing lunches and running a carpool back and forth to football near Dallas, Texas.

On a more exciting day, you might find us swimming with elephants in Thailand, eating exotic foods in Sri Lanka, or riding insane roller coasters in Orlando.

I’ve been to at least 35 countries, but why keep count? I don’t travel for the bragging rights, I travel for the experience. I believe that quality time (my love language) gained through travel is one of the most important things in life and that’s why I encourage others to create memories with their own families one trip at a time. Why? Because you get one life. You better enjoy it.

My email is Meagan@MommyTravels.net.

You can find me on Twitter @MeaganWristen and on Facebook.

I am originally from West Texas, obsessed with Tex-Mex food, and a proud Texas Tech Red Raider.

I’m a boot-wearing, God-loving Texan, with an intense desire for adventure. I love laughing and spending time with those I love.

I’ve never met a vehicle I can’t off-road or something I cannot do, even if it takes me an unreasonable amount of time to accomplish it.

I’m a slow runner, except when running from llamas. I’m not a fan of heights and a fairly pathetic swimmer, but I give it my all anyway.

I love to read and enjoy a glass of wine while I sit in the hammock the kids and I weaved in Honduras.

But most of all, I enjoy hanging out with my family and my girlfriends. I’m that “ride or die” friend that will back you up no matter what, even if I maybe shouldn’t. And if you’ve had a bad month, I’ll get on a plane to fly overnight to see you. Hell, I’ll fly to Australia just to check on you. Just ask Erin, she still can’t believe I showed up in Melbourne.

How My Travel Started

Sleeping on a military hop

It has been my experience as an Air Force military wife ~~being dragged~~ moving all over the country: Texas, Mississippi, Oregon 3x, Idaho, Florida, Nevada, Alabama, Georgia, and Honduras that has given me a ~~hatred for moving~~ love for travel. Each time we moved I wanted to enjoy and explore the areas around us.

Depending on where we were stationed it was a trip in itself just to go see my mom. Turns out I’ll travel thousands of miles to see my mama. I hope my kids feel that way too someday!

1st Family Road Trip

Some of my first trips were Noah and I traveling from Columbus AFB in Mississippi back to Texas and New York to see my family. I still remember my first big road trip with Noah. It was a few weeks after September 11th and the base we were living on was in constant lockdown. It was extremely difficult to get on and off the base, so I decided to take Noah to my mom’s house until things calmed down. I packed up my little two-door 1995 Dodge Neon and we road tripped 913 miles to my mom’s. I had to stop often to nurse and change diapers. It took a couple of days, but we made it!

Little did I realize back then that this was to be the 1st of hundreds of road trips we would take. At this point, the kids and I have road-tripped at least 100,000 miles in just within the United States. And Noah, my little baby is in college. He and I road-tripped across seven states a few months ago so he could be home for the summer break.

How I Became an RVer

As my family grew, travel had to become more kid-friendly. Each time you add another kid into the mix, it becomes more challenging to travel, but not impossible.

When Eden was a baby she would cry all night at a hotel. The solution was a 32-foot class C RV and a lot of small camping trips around Idaho where we happened to be stationed at the time.

Nowadays Eden travels like a pro.

My RV horror story: I was driving our RV from Las Vegas to Idaho and Noah was sleeping on the bed over my head. (Yes, I know, he shouldn’t have been up there.) He leaned over and told me he didn’t feel good. Before I could ask him what was wrong he threw up all over me. The takeaway, do not let your child lay down on the overhead bed while driving. Also, can you guess why I sold my RV?

Single Mom Travel

As more time went on and by the grace of God I became a single mom, but that hasn’t stopped us from traveling the world. We just took our first trip to Asia! That’s how this family travel blog came to be. I hope you enjoy it and it helps you plan your own family trip.

Where Else You Can Find Me

I can also be found writing regularly as the Portland area expert at www.10best.com.

Plus, I’m on the radio as part of the Our Auto Expert team. Did I mention I’m a car girl?

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Inflatable Life Vest for Kids

Meagan — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:17:00 +0000

One of my must-have travel items is probably also one of the strangest things I travel with. It’s an inflatable life jacket for kids. You never know when you might need a life jacket for your kids. Protect your child and make sure you never end up in this situation by bringing one with you. An inflatable life jacket can compress down so small it’s easy to travel with.

As we’ve traveled around the world I’ve realized that sometimes you end up at a place that doesn’t provide a life vest. This was the case everywhere we went in Honduras. No one had a life jacket at any of the places we went, but it didn’t matter because we had our own. Anytime you are going to be around the water your kids need to be in a lifejacket.

This is the exact inflatable life jacket we travel with for our kids. It takes up almost no space at all in your suitcase. It’s easy to blow up and it’s held up well. I initially thought because it’s plastic that it would last long, but it is very durable. It also dries easily, because it’s plastic you can simply wipe it down with a towel.

This life jacket has been to Hawaii, Honduras, Florida, and so many more places with us. This is the best seven buckets you will ever spend.

How to Keep Your Kids Safe Around Water

Only swim with children in designated swimming and recreational areas.
Watch kids constantly when they are in or around water. Keep young children and inexperienced swimmers within arm’s reach of an adult. Make sure older children swim with a partner. My kids know that they are never allowed to swim alone.
Teach your kids to swim. I put all of my kids in swim lessons no later than age four. Often a local community college offers super cheap swim lessons. There are also people that offer swim lessons in their backyards and these are typically low cost too.
Use a life jacket while in and around water.
Learn water rescue skills and CPR. It is important to know how to respond in an emergency without putting yourself at risk.
Alarm the pool
- Floating (surface) pool alarm devices with remote alarms sounding in the home can alert you to a child falling into the pool. The pool surface, however, must be disturbed enough by the fall so as to set off the alarm. Since these alarms do work off a disturbance to the surface of the pool; your child could quietly walk down the steps, go under, drown, and never disturb the alarm or set it off! They are quite inexpensive and better than nothing at all since they do detect some accidental falls if adjusted and placed properly.
- Subsurface pool alarms detect disturbances beneath the surface. These are more reliable and less prone to false alarm than floating alarms, which are more easily set off by wind, rain, and light debris. There are a half dozen subsurface alarm models to choose from, varying in price, performance and capability. Choose one that at a minimum is compliant with the ASTM Standard on Pool Alarms, e.g., Pool Guard, AquaGuard.
- Personal immersion alarms have sensors worn on the child, usually on the wrist. When the sensor gets wet, it sends a wireless signal to a remote base station, usually located in the house, which alarms loudly. Of all alarms, this design is the most versatile. Safety Turtle by Terrapin is the top choice for personal immersion alarms and is really the company that has made them available to the public for water safety use. The Safety Turtle consists of two main components: a lockable wristband worn by the child that resembles a wrist watch with a turtle on it, and a base station unit that remains within earshot of adult supervision. Safety Turtle offers continuous protection to the wearer and is never turned off for pool use or maintenance. It also protects against ALL water hazards, including buckets and ponds, and possibly adjacent neighbor(s)’ pool(s). The drawback to Safety Turtle is that it only protects the child(ren) wearing it. If a neighbor’s child gains access to the pool, the Safety Turtle will not help. Parents have to be vigilant about having the Turtle wristband on the child’s wrist at all times, yet take it off for bathing. Putting the Turtle on is simple, and if you can put pants on him every day (well, usually), then you can put the Turtle on, too.

Get a pool fence. If you have a pool it should have a pool fence around it that can prevent a child from reaching the pool. These are required by law in some states, but not all.

Do you have a strange item you always travel with?

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Horseback Riding in Copan

Meagan — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:09:00 +0000

While traveling with kids in Copan, Honduras, part of our month long tour Honduras, we went horseback riding. When we went it cost $20 per person, but they didn’t charge us for our 4 year old. Be sure to bring enough cash to give them a tip too.

Check out the condition of the horse before you select one. Some are in much better shape than others. You will be riding up a mountain and back down, so it’s important to be on a healthy horse. The mountain is quite steep at times. Our children had someone walk with them the entire way controlling the horse.

Here we are up at the top!

There is a village at the top of the mountain and there will be kids trying to sell you things and beg for money. I recommend bringing a few pairs of shoes to give away to the local children when you reach the top. Even if you just give them some cheap flip-flops it will be appreciated.

The views from the top of the mountain our beautiful.

Mr. Banana arranged this for us, but you can have it arranged yourself. Just ask your hotel where the guys are hanging out with the horses and go speak with them. It is near the community center.

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Taulabe caves – Honduras

Meagan — Fri, 13 May 2011 11:20:00 +0000

On our attempts to tour Honduras went to was a perfect family day trip this past weekend. It was about an hour’s drive from Comayagua for us to get to, but well worth it. It was $4 per adult and $0.50 per child, our 4 year old was free. This price included a private tour guide. For $4 more you can take the extreme tour and crawl through other areas.

If you look closely at this picture you can see the formation near the back that they call “the fountain”.

Here is a youtube video I found that shows you a lot about the area we were in.

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